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- No. 340,378. Patented Apr. 20,-1886.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

JOHN G. SKINNER, OF OSWVEGO, NEW YORK.

lCE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,378, dated April 20 1886.

Application filed February 19, 1886. Serial No. 192,515. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G.'SKINNER, a

.citizen of the United States, residing at Oswego, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Ice-creepers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains-to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved icecreeper designed for use on overshoes, the object of my invention being the production ofa cheap device of this class composed of the fewest possible parts, and which can be readily thrown into and out of operative position when attached to the shoe.

The invention consists of an ice-creeper constructed of a fastening-plate and a spring formed froma single blank and a spurred heel plate journaledin the fastening-plate, the

journaled end of the heel-plate resting on the free end of the spring, in the manner and for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved ice-creeper attached to an overshoe, and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same. Fig. 3 represents a blank from which the fasteningplate and spring are formed. Fig. 4 is a bot tom plan of the heel-plate.

In the drawings,A represents the heel-plate, formed of any suitable metal, from the bot tom of which project spurs a. The forward end of this plate is bent upwardly, as shown in the drawings, and on each side thereof is formed ajournal, a.

B Grepresent-the fastening-plate and spring. As shown in Fig. 3, these parts are constructed from a single blank of any suitable mate rial. Plate B is formed with prongs b and ears b,the latter having perforations b, which serve as bearings for the journals to on the heel-plate. In forming the fastening plate, prongs bare bent upwardly at a right angle to the body of the plate, and ears b are bent downwardly at a right angle. After the fastening-plate is thus formed the plain portion of the blank (marked 0) is bent backwardly over plate B, as shown in Fig. 1, and this constitutes the spring.

The heel-plate is attached to the fasteningplate by placing the journals of the former in the hearings in the ears of the latter, and

also be seen that the heelplate is journaled to the fastening-plate in such position that the former may be thrown forward under the shank of the shoe, and be held in that position bythe spring.

Iam aware of Patent No. 211,684, dated January 28, 1879, wherein is shown an icecreeper having a spring formed of a single strip of metal, the end parts of the spring bent back upon itself, and its ends bent forward and perforated to receive journals on the shank of the heel-plate, and having holes formed through it near its bends to receive fastening-screws. Such, however, is not the construction of any part of my device, and I lay no claim to anything shown and described in said patent.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An ice-creeper consisting of a fasteningplate and a spring formed from a single blank and a spurred heel-plate, one end of the heelplate being journaledin ears on the fasteningplate and resting on the free end of the spring, substantially as described,and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a fastening-plate and a spring formed from a single blank, the said fastening-plate having prongs adapted to be passed through the bottom of the shoe and clinched on the inside, of a heel-plate journaled in ears on the fastening-plate, the journaled end of the heel-plate beingbent upwardly and resting on the free end of the spring, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. SKINNER-Q Witnesses:

NAPOLEON O. MARION, LA Morrn B. HA'IHWAY. 

